This is the text of the Identity Cards Bill, as brought from the Commons and ordered to be printed in the House of Lords on 19th October 2005.

EXPLANATORY NOTESExplanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published separately as Bill 28- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTSThe Baroness Scotland of Asthal has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:In my view the provisions of the Identity Cards Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.